Jerry Baldwin, 30 years old, owned a restaurant. He lived in a flat about one mile north of the restaurant.
He walked to and from work. When it was raining, he took the bus.
     Jerry loved gangster (匪徒) movies. When a new one came out, he would go to the theater and watch the
new movie three or four times. Then, when it went to video, Jerry would buy the video at Barney's Video
Store. Jerry had a home over 1,000 gangster videos. Old ones, new ones; color, black and white; English,
Spanish, Japanese ---- he loved them all. He could tell you the name of the movie, the director, the stars,
and the story.
     Jerry finally decided that he would own a gun, just like the gangsters. So he saved his money for a
couple of years. Then he went to the gun club to practice shooting. He was in the club for only 10 minutes
when he accidentally dropped his gun. The gun went off, and the bullet (子弹) went into Jerry's right knee.
     Jerry now walks with a walking stick, just like some gangsters.

1. What was Jerry Baldwin?

A. The boss of a restaurant.
B. The manager of a cinema.
C. The owner of a video shop.
D. The head of a shooting club.

2. Jerry Baldwin dropped his gun mainly because of his ______.

A. illness
B. anger
C. carelessness
D. eyesight

3. From the passage, we learn that Jerry ______ in the end.

A. lost his interest in movies
B. turned out to be a real gangster
C. had his own shooting club
D. couldn't walk in a normal way

     Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you
can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to
ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
     "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down
on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every
now and then.
     Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come
and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
     The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door
and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of
paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."
     The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"
     "Burnt yesterday evening."

1. A man came to visit the boy's father on ______.

A. the second day
B. the third day
C. the fourth day
D. the fifth day

2. The man was very surprised because ______.

A. he thought the child's father was dead
B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he couldn't find that piece of paper

3. What was burnt? 

A. The piece of paper
B. Mr. Smith
C. The visitor
D. The boy

     A lot of boys and girls in Western countries are wearing the same kind of clothes, and many of them have
long hair, so it is often difficult to tell whether (是否) they are boys or girls.
     One day, an old man went for a walk in a park, in Washington, and when he was tired, he sat on a chair.
A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.
     "Oh!" the old man said to the person sitting beside him on the chair. "Do you see that person with the
glasses and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?" 
     "A girl," said the neighbour. "She is my daughter."
     "Oh!" the old man said quickly. "Please forgive me, I did not know that you were her mother."
     "I'm not." said the other person, "I'm her father."

1. "Is it a boy or a girl?" The word "it" here means ______.

A. he
B. she
C. the person
D. the pool

2. The meaning of "forgive" is ______.

A. 忘记
B. 责骂
C. 放弃
D. 原谅

3. The old man thought his neighbour was ______.

A. a woman
B. a man
C. a girl
D. a boy

4. The old man thought that his neighbour was the girl's mother because his neighbour ______.

A. was wearing a skirt
B. had a beautiful face
C. had long hair
D. was young

     One day Mozart saw an old blind street-performer (1)p______ the violin at the street corner with a hat
in front of him. He (2)f________ the old man was playing one of his compositions.
      The old man played for a (3)w______, (4)b______ nobody put money into his hat. Mozart asked the
old man, "Do you often play composition by Mozart?" "Yes, sir," answered the old man. "Now everyone knows
Mozart and they love his (5)m_______.""Do you make a living by playing the violin?" The old man said he
(6)d______. Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play.
     He played so (7)w_____ that all the passers-by stopped to (8)l______ to the wonderful music and
(9)g______ him money. Soon the old man felt surprised that the man could play so well. He asked Mozart,
"Who are you, sir?" "Your colleague, a poor musician (10)l______ you." Then Mozart gave the violin back to
the old man and left.

     Dick is seven years old. He begins to go to school this term. He studies very hard and listens to the teachers
carefully. He is polite (礼貌) and has lots of friends. So they all like him very much.
     It's Saturday today. Dick, his sister Kate and his mother stay at home. His mother is doing some housework
and he is watching TV and the girl is doing her homework. At ten his father comes back from the farm with a
bag of apples. The boy likes them very much and wants to eat some. His mother gives him four apples and says,
"Go to wash them in the kitchen."
     Dick washes the apples and then gives them back to his mother. The woman says, "Which apple do you
want, Dick?"
     "The biggest one, Mummy."
     "What?" says Dick's mother,"You should be polite and want the little one."
     "Should I tell a lie just to be polite, Mummy?"

1. At what age do children begin their schooling in Dick's country?
    _____________________________________________________________
2. Is Dick's sister a student?　
    _____________________________________________________________
3. Why does the mother ask Dick to wash four apples
    _____________________________________________________________
4. Who do you think may eat the biggest apple?
    _____________________________________________________________
5. What's the meaning of "just to be polite" in the last paragraph in Chinese?
    _____________________________________________________________

     Every morning, Jim (1)g______ to work by bus. As (因为) he has a long way to go, he always
(2)b______ a newspaper.It helps him to make the time pass (过) more (3)q______. He reads the
sports page. There is a report on an important football (4)m______. He is so interested in it that he
forgets to get (5)o______. He knows this when he looks (6)o______ of the window and sees the
sea. He gets off at another station and (7)h______ to wait a long time for a bus back. Certainly, he
is very (8)l______. His boss (老板) is very angry. He shouts at (9)h______. "Don't (10)b______
late next time."

    Once there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, "If I have
enough gold, I will be the happiest man in the world." 
    One day when he was traveling in the desert(沙漠), the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and
thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just then, he found a bag lying on the sand. He hoped
he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw that the bag was full(满的) of
gold. He was so sad that he threw away the bag and began crying.
    Now, the old man knew that there was something better than gold in the world.

1. The old man liked ____ best before he traveled in the desert.

[     ]

A. food
B. bags
C. gold
D. watches

2. When he lost his way, he wanted to get ____.

[     ]

A. some food and water
B. some rocks and sand
C. bags full of gold
D. cola and fruit

3. What did he do with the bag? ______.

[     ]

A. He didn't take it up
B. He brought it home
C. He threw it away
D. He forgot it

4. The old man did not become the happiest man when he got the bag of gold because ____.

[     ]

A. the bag was too small
B. the gold wasn't his
C. he was very hungry and thirsty
D. he lost his bag

5. In the end, the old man knew that gold was ____ in the world.

[     ]

A. the best thing
B. not the best thing
C. better than anything
D. not good at all

     My friend Larry has a big dog. Its name is Johnny. Johnny is very smart. Every Sunday afternoon Larry
takes Johnny for a long walk in the park. (A) The dog likes walking very much. One Sunday afternoon a man
visited Larry. He talked with Larry for a long time. It was time for Larry to take Johnny for a walk. But the
man still stayed there. Johnny became (变得) very worried (焦虑的) about his walk in the park. He Walked
about in the living room, and then sat down in front of the man. But the man went on talking.
     After thirty minutes. Johnny couldn't stand the man. He went out, and after a few minutes he came back.
(B) He sat down in front of the man again (再次), with the man's bag and hat in his mouth!

1. What does Larry do every Sunday afternoon? (简要回答)
    _______________________________________________________
2. Why did the dog take the man's bag and hat in his mouth? (简要回答) 
    _______________________________________________________
3. Who got worried? (简要回答) 
    _______________________________________________________
4. 将(A) 句译成汉语。
     _______________________________________________________
5. 将(B) 句译成汉语。
     _______________________________________________________

     Li Lei is 12 years old. He is a student. He is the only child of the family. He can't cook. He doesn't wash
his clothes or look after his things.
     When the students of Class Two are having an English class, Li Lei goes to the door and says, "May I
come in, Miss Gao?"
     "Oh, you are late again," says the teacher. "Can you tell me why you are late?"
     "I'm sorry, Miss Gao," says Li Lei. "My grandma puts some apples, bananas and oranges in my schoolbag
this morning before I come to school. I take the schoolbag with me and come to school. When I am on my
way to school, I find there are no books in my schoolbag. I have to go back and put my books in it."

1. Li Lei doesn't _____ at home.

A. do his homework 
B. watch TV
C. wash his clothes

2. Li Lei is in Class _____.

A. Thirteen
B. Three
C. Two

3. Miss Gao is _____ teacher.

A. an English
B. a Chinese
C. a math

4. Li Lei is often late for _____.

A. work
B. class
C. dinner

5. Li Lei likes _____ very much.

A. meat
B. tea
C. fruit